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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Junior Public Speaking Competition 2013

Each year we prepare II formers for the Junior Public Speaking competition. Here's a report from the College website about last Saturday's event:"Last
Saturday saw the ninth annual public speaking competition for II form take place
in the Cadogan. There were a record number of speakers - thirteen in all
delivering speeches on a topic of their choice before an audience of the Junior members of the
College. The standard of speeches was possibly the highest ever and it is
eloquent testimony to the skill of the English Staff in preparing their pupils
as well the confidence and ability of the pupils themselves. The pupils are
given a very short time to prepare their speeches and then invited to volunteer
for the event. The speeches ranged from the comic to the serious, the personal
to the academic, the light-hearted to the challenging.

There
were some excellent speeches and special mention should be given to Helena Gromotka's
bravura speech on her family which was delivered entirely without notes as was
Jack Stokes's very moving speech on his grandfather which elicited great applause.
Douglas Boyd Crotty and Blanaid Sheeran gave very good comic speeches which
were both amusing and well-paced. Emmanuella Ejase-Tobrise was the runner-up
speaking on the subject of Women's Rights. The winner was Freddie de Montfort who gave a speech on a historical
theme - 'The Hassassins' (an Islamic sect operating in the Middle East as the
time of Crusades). Freddie was able to demonstrate clear knowledge and passion
for his subject and we all learned something about the subject on that evening.
Congratulations
to all those who participated in a very successful evening."